One More Day for Obama

I headed out this morning
1. Attended the Tuesday morning peace vigil at the plaza. The Federal building is located at Dearborn and Jackson in downtown Chicago. I looked at the streets surrounding the building. They were lined with Homeland Security white SUV's on the Federal building side. Then it hit me, by the end of today, the office of the next president of the USA may be located in this building. That is why all the HS boys in black outfits with guns, radios, etc. I wish I had a camera. It became real to me. This is election day and the next president might be from Chicago, Illinois!

Both Senators Durbin and Obama have offices there. Every Tuesday we take 2 copies of the weekly flyer to them. This morning Br. Brian and Sr. Mary Kay were escorted by three security folks to the offices and down. Mary Kay told them, "We are not planning an action this morning." They replied, "That's okay mam." Stuck to them like glue. I thought what a hoot. Two folks from our peace group have been making that trip for 7 years!

Br Brian and I had a good laugh about "being excommunicated" for attending the ordinations of the women on Saturday. I asked Brian, a brother in the RCC, "Brian, how does it feel?" He quickly replied, "Freeing!" All the feedback I have received has been very positive except for the exclusive language of the hymns. (They cut and paste the words with out cleaning them up. It will be my feedback to the planning committee.)

Four of us went off to have coffee before heading home. Mostly we talked about the election!

2. Then on to the MD's for a check on my hemoglobin which is low. I have to keep taking the 18mg of iron each day until she gets the results back from the blood tests. My blood pressure was up but I said, "It is the excitement of the election day!" She decided to give me my flu shot because I hadn't received it from work yet.

3. On to the Dominick's grocery to get a shingles vaccine shot, recommended for we over 65. That little puppy cost $214 with a copay of $30 for me. But I know how painful shingles can be and I do not ever want to get a case of them. Hospice patients frequently get shingles because their immune systems are weakened. So get your vaccine if you don't already have it and are over 65!!

4. I had gotten some bulbs I wanted to force. After a discussion with my sister Judy and a call to a local flower/plant shop, I planted them in a dish and tucked them into the refrigerator for the mandatory 2 month cooling down period. Obviously if I wanted them for my birthday January 3, I should have started the process much sooner! Sigh. I will see if I will be successful. I know my mother of the green thumb always was, darn it. The remainder I tucked into the garden. Hopefully they will bloom next year. The bulbs I planted last year had already sprouted, dug a couple up by mistake. This is not good. They shouldn't sprout till next spring!

5. Then I decided, after reading my email, that I could spend some time making calls for Obama-they were focusing on Indiana after I personally voted. So off to the polls. Only one other voter there. Great time to vote immediately after lunch. I walked to the local state reps office about a mile away and got a list of voters to call. I made the third call to each number. After we finished with Indiana we started on PA but we ran out of time at 5:30. Everyone wanted to head to the Grant Park party for Obama!

6. I needed to come home and begin to clean and pack for this weekend when I will attend the Call to Action national conference in Milwaukee. I will facilitate a caucus "Support our Veterans, Support our Families." But here I am typing this blog and not doing the chores!